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Leyton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK.
Members of Committee.
Councillor Stanbridge (Chairman), Councillors Bechervaise,
Dairies, Fowler, Hyde, Jays, Lomax, Marsh, Morley, Read.
Co-opted Members (also form Ladies' Sub-Committee):
Mesdames Carr, Parry, Mawer, Sterling, Underwood (resigned
October 24th, 1925), Ringer (appointed in Mrs. Underwood's
stead).
Staff.
Medical.
John Francis Taylor.
Aileen Boyd Mackay.
Maud Gazdar.
Health Visitors.
Edith Holland.
Lilian Dodd.
Maud Bratton.
Winifred Roake.
Ethel Walling (part time).
Voluntary Workers in Clinics.
A large number of ladies render valuable assistance in
each of the Infant Clinics.
Nurses and probationers from the Essex County Nursing
Association assist and are given instruction at the People's
Hall Ante-natal Clinic.
INFANT CLINICS.
| Attendances. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
| Town Hall, Leyton | 3,614 | 3,286 | 3,395 | 3,453 | 3,114 |
| People's Hall, Leytonstone | 5,066 | 4,546 | 4,795 | 5,989 | 5,946 |
| Capworth Street, Leyton | 4,277 | 3,677 | 4,224 | 3,993 | 5,025 |
| Vicarage Road till November, 1924. | |||||
| Totals | 12,957 | 11,509 | 12,414 | 13,435 | 14,085 |
Dr. Boyd Mackay attends the Town Hall and People's Hall
Clinics on Friday and Tuesday afternoons respectively.